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INDUSTRY DESCRIPTIONS, OVERVIEWS,
AND STATISTICS
• Business.com (www.business.com)—This site at first glance
looks and feels very much like Yahoo, but it is totally dedi-
cated to business information. It is organized by industry,
and there is a directory of links to companies that provide
products or services for the industry or subsections of the
industry. After selecting an industry, if you scroll down to
the “Industry Resources” section, you will find links called
“Industry Basics” and “Industry Profile.” Both of these
links provide wonderful summary information for the
industry selected.
• Corporate Information (www.corporateinformation
.com)—Pull-down menus let you select from 30 industries
and 65 countries to get a list of relevant links and a short
write-up about the industry. You can also retrieve a list of
companies that the site covers in that particular industry
and reports on some (but not all) of the companies in the
industry.
• Current Industrial Reports (www.census.gov/ftp/pub
/cir/www)—These annual and quarterly reports from the
U.S. Census Bureau contain a variety of statistics on indus-
tries in the United States, including lists of companies in an
industry.
• Encyclopedia of American Industries—This set contains
brief (three- to four-page) descriptions of industries, orga-
nized by SIC codes. Each entry includes a brief description
of the industry, the workforce, the organization and struc-
ture, the current conditions, the industry leaders, and—
perhaps most important—a list of selected additional
readings. This encyclopedia is available at many university
libraries and large public libraries.